I like this idea, Ira. A list of doctors who are difficult to work with. Might you offer a list of doctors who are friendly and helpful, too? I highly recommend mine.
On Sep 4, 10:02 am, Ira Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The prescription is actually heading the other way. Theaw states that > they must provide you with the prescription if you paid for it. The > only sticking point is the PD. They say it's not part of the > prescription. I think there are some serious ethical issues to this. > > On the other side of the coin, it doesn't offend me too much to pay > for PD if it's reasonable, just like paying for an adjustment. > > Please forward me the information. I'd like to start a wall of doctors > who aren't behaving well. > > Good luck. > > -ira > > On Sep 4, 4:39 am, bravesirrobin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just went in for my yearly checkup, and left completely furious at my > > (now) former optometrist. > > > Last year was my introduction to glasses, and this optometrist seemed > > like a nice guy so I went back. My first pair was a set of bifocals, > > which didn't work out so well for all the computer work I do. Shortly > > before I picked them up, though, I stumbled onto Glassy Eyes, which > > keyed me in on getting them to tell me my PD. Since I was buying > > glasses, I guess they felt it wasn't a big deal, so they told me what > > it was. This gave me a nice enough vibe to go back. > > > Two pairs of online progressives later, and today I'm not even looking > > at the in-store samples. We did the exam, which showed my prescription > > changing a bit. That all done, I asked if they'd do a PD measurement. > > They said "Sure, but that now costs $14". > > > I was totally aghast. Clearly, they knew why I wanted to know, knew > > that giving it out undercut their business, and were going to try to > > make up for their losses. At that point, I decided to give them a > > chance: I said that if you don't measure my PD for free, I'll never > > come back to this store. They said "fine". > > > Do they really not make money doing eye exams? I'd think they at least > > break even, and would care enough to want to keep me moderately > > content. Oh well. > > > I see where this is going. Soon enough, the prescription itself will > > be secret, usable only by that store to make you glasses. Anyway, I'll > > be going to local optometrists until I find one that will tell my my > > PD for free. That'll be the one that does my next eye exam. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Check us out at the oft-updated http://www.glassyeyes.com! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GlassyEyes" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/glassyeyes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
